Splunk will periodically execute processes and capture the output. For example, here is input from the ImplementingSplunkDataGenerator app:
[script://./bin/implSplunkGen.py 2] interval=60 sourcetype=impl_splunk_gen_sourcetype2 source=impl_splunk_gen_src2 host=host2 index=implSplunk
Things to note in this example are as follows:
- The present working directory is the root of the app that contains inputs.conf.
- Files that end with .py will be executed using the Python interpreter included with Splunk. This means the Splunk Python modules are available. To use a different Python module, specify the path to Python in the stanza.
- Any arguments specified in the stanza will be handed to the script as if it was executed at the command ...
